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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Banking and finance; retail brokers of manufactured homes or mobile homes and residential contractors from the requirement to obtain a license as a mortgage loan originator, broker, or lender under certain circumstances; exempt"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 13 of Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licensing of mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers, so as to exempt retailers, retail brokers of manufactured homes or mobile homes, and residential contractors from the requirement to obtain a license as a mortgage loan originator, mortgage broker, or mortgage lender under certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 212"
+citation: "Georgia HB 212 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Clay Pirkle", "Marcus Wiedower", "Penny Houston", "Timothy Barr", "Trey Rhodes"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-08"
+last_action: "2019-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37f15f2f-17f1-4394-966d-20fa083fc28e"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "cbd124cc12da3aab233e6a4b68a38d53520f4bd129a925e982f43dcd368a0090"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 212 (2019_20) — Banking and finance; retail brokers of manufactured homes or mobile homes and residential contractors from the requirement to obtain a license as a mortgage loan originator, broker, or lender under certain circumstances; exempt
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 13 of Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licensing of mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers, so as to exempt retailers, retail brokers of manufactured homes or mobile homes, and residential contractors from the requirement to obtain a license as a mortgage loan originator, mortgage broker, or mortgage lender under certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 212/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185101.pdf)
+2. **LC 36 3777/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180863.pdf)
+3. **LC 36 3915S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183573.pdf)
+4. **LC 36 3915S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183158.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **170–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
+- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
+- Penny Houston — primary (person)
+- Timothy Barr — primary (person)
+- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-08** House Hopper
+- **2019-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-04-18** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-18** Act 33 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37f15f2f-17f1-4394-966d-20fa083fc28e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+